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Cable Bay Surf Forecast
/ Nelson – Tasman Bay (18 surf breaks) /
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Cable Bay surfForecast / Nelson – Tasman Bay / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 NZDT
How big are the waves at Cable Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Cable Bay at 9AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 15). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (15 Oct) | - | - |
| Evening (15 Oct) | - | - |
Table - waves today at Cable Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Sat 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 45 | 33 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | off | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:02AM 2.50 | 5:41PM 2.64 | 6:28AM 2.48 | 7:01PM 2.67 | 7:41AM 2.59 | 8:05PM 2.79 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:09AM 0.97 | 12:09AM 0.93 | 12:39PM 0.97 | 1:28AM 0.83 | 1:51PM 0.84 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Sat 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:47 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 9 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Feels °C (?) | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nelson - Tasman Bay
Continuing clean conditions at Cable Bay (calm at Nelson East wx 16 km from Cable Bay). 0.6m 8s swell from the NNW to make surfable waves.
16 km away, 2 h 24 min ago
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